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| Wave Basics | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 1. Units and quantities | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 2. Power of ten notation | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 3. Types of waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 4. Naming wave parts | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 5. Amplitude and wavelength | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 6. Light of a single frequency | CS EXT |
| 7. Wave speed equation | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 8. Wavelength calculation | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| Electromagnetic Waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 9. The electromagnetic spectrum | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 10. Regions of the electromagnetic spectrum | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 11. The safety of electromagnetic waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 12. Microwave and x-ray safety | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 13. Waves and the body | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 14. Electromagnetic wavelengths | EXT |
| 15. Uses of electromagnetic waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| Waves & Space | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 16. Moving wave sources | AF AH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 17. Light from galaxies | AF AH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 18. A theory of the universe | AF AH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 19. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation | CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| Mechanical Waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 20. Types of mechanical waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 21. Evidence for mechanical waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 22. Longitudinal waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 23. Sound waves | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 24. Pitch, loudness and echoes | CC CS E1 E2 EXT |
| 25. Range of human hearing | AF AH CC CS E1 E2 OBH |
| 26. The speed of sound | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OBF OBH |
| 27. Speed of sound calculation | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 28. Speed of sound in a solid, liquid and a gas | AF AH CC CS OBF OBH EXT |
| Ultrasound | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 29. Medical uses of sound | AF AH CC CS OAH OBH |
| 30. Ultrasound and medical imaging | AF AH CS OAH OBH |
| 31. Ultrasound muscle layer calculation | AF AH CS OAH OBH |
| X-Rays | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 32. The nature of X-rays | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 33. X-rays and bone fractures | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAH OBF OBH |
| 34. Medical uses of x-rays | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAH OBF OBH |
| 35. X-ray safety | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 36. X-rays, ultrasound and CT scans | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| Reflection, Diffraction & Refraction | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 37. Wave behaviours | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 38. Ray diagram | AF AH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 39. Plane mirror ray diagram | CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 40. Properties of an image in a mirror | AH CC CS E1 E2 EXT |
| 41. Diffraction | CC CS EXT |
| 42. Receiving radio and TV waves | CC CS EXT |
| 43. Waves across a boundary | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 44. Water waves in shallow and deep water | CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH |
| 45. Total internal reflection | CC CS E1 E2 EXT |
| 46. Refractive index and speed of light | |
| 47. Refractive index and refraction equation | |
| 48. Critical angle and refractive index equation | |
| 49. Optical fibres for communications | |
| 50. The endoscope | |
| 51. Using LASER light in medicine | |
| 52. White light moving through a prism | |
| Lenses | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 53. The converging (convex) lens | |
| 54. Images formed by rays of light | |
| 55. Converging (convex) lens real image | |
| 56. Converging (convex) lens images | |
| 57. Diverging lens ray diagram | |
| 58. Nature of images in lenses | |
| 59. Magnification | |
| 60. The camera and magnifying glass | |
| 61. Lens symbols | |
| 62. Focal length of a lens | |
| 63. Refractive index and lens shape | |
| 64. Power of a lens | |
| 65. Power of a lens calculation | |
| The Eye | AF AH ATF ATH CC CS E1 E2 OAF OAH OBF OBH EXT |
| 66. The human eye | |
| 67. Eye focusing and light control | |
| 68. Human range of vision | |
| 69. Short sight | |
| 70. Long sight | |
| 71. Eye vs camera | |
What will I learn in this course?
When you have completed this course, you will be able to…
- Describe waves using terms such as amplitude, wavelength and frequency
- Recall the properties of electromagnetic waves and the regions of the electromagnetic spectrum
- Understand the uses and safety of electromagnetic waves
- Describe how red-shift changes the wavelength and frequency of electromagnetic waves
- Understand how waves provide evidence for the beginning of the universe
- Give examples of mechanical waves
- Calculate the speed of sound in a material
- Describe the medical uses of x-rays, ultrasound and laser light
- Understand how waves can reflect, diffract and refract
- Explain the refractive index of a material
- Use ray diagrams to show how converging and diverging lenses work
- Compare the human eye and a camera
- Understand how short sight and long sight can be corrected using lenses